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The Gig, Friday [5/22]

After getting the horses fed and groomed, Dani turned them out into the paddock except for Bold. "Guess what? We're going riding today!" she told him, bringing him out to the tacking up area. She managed to find a hard hat and a saddle without a problem, but couldn't figure out where the bridles were kept.

"Shame you can't tell me where to look," she said over her shoulder to Bold as she opened and closed cabinet doors. Bold went over to storage case across from Dani, pulled out a bridle with his teeth, and whinnied softly to get Dani's attention. She laughed when she saw that he had it. "Never mind! I should have known you'd find a way to tell me."

The Gig was open, and Dani certainly wouldn't mind having some company on her ride.

[The horses ate the OCD.]

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After the magic...thing, Minsc found himself feeling a little nostalgic, and had headed over to the Gig, mostly just to give the horses an apple or something and maybe sigh a few times over what he'd lost there, but he didn't expect to actually see someone there. He wasn't sure which days had people hanging around, because he hadn't bothered keeping track.

"Oh! Hello!"

Dani finished up tightening the girth on Bold's saddle before turning around. "Hello! Were you interest on riding a horse today?"

"That depends," said Minsc, chuckling. "Would any horse actually not mind me riding on it?"

He was a pretty big guy, here. He felt that him riding could be classified as animal cruelty.

"I actually just came by thinking maybe they'd like an apple or two."

"I'm sure they'd love some apples. I fed and groomed everyone, but I haven't gone around with any treats yet. Bold and I were going out for a walk first," said Dani, taking a good look at her visitor.

"Oh, that is very good!" Minsc said, giving Bold a slight sad smile and trying not to think about how he wished he hadn't come here so he'd wind up thinking about other people riding him. Still, it was good to know he was being taken care of still. He should have stopped by to see him more often...

He pulled an apple from one of his pouches, although it took a moment to find one that Boo hadn't already been nibbling on. "Maybe he'd like one for the road?" he offered.

Bold whinnied softly, and Dani laughed. "In the short time I've known him, he's never turned down an apple," she said.

Minsc smiled a little, offering the apple out to the horse, then. "I take it," he said, "that you've only arrived recently. And here I have not introduced myself. I am called Minsc. I would introduce you to my hamster but he's taking a nap in my pouch right now."

"Nice to meet you, Minsc. I'm Danielle Davis. I'm sorry I'm not getting a chance to meet your... hamster," said Dani, raising an eyebrow. "And yes, I'm fairly new in town. I just moved out here from California to purchase The Gig."

"Purchase it?" Minsc asked, his attention piquing in a way that completely obliterated any attempts on his part to seem entirely nonchalant about the question. "OH? So you're the new owner, is it?"

"That's me, alright," said Dani. "I'm still getting settled in, but so far, I'm enjoying the change of scenery."

Someone new owned the Gig.

Minsc wasn't sure how he felt about that.

"...and do you...do blacksmithing, too, Lady Dani?"

"I'm afraid that's a bit beyond my abilities, but I'm hiring an ~~NPC~~ blacksmith to come in and do that stuff," said Dani. "But I'm sort of used to hiring people to do stuff for me. Back home, I owned a large racing operation, so I had blacksmiths, veterinarians, trainers, jockeys and stable hands working for me."

Minsc's head bobbed an awful lot through all of that, mostly because he'd stopped really listening once Lady Dani mentioned that she wasn't a blacksmith. His brain was too busy trying to figure out if that was a good thing or a disappointing thing to be able to multitask and listen to her as well.

It wasn't making very much progress, his brain, and his frown probably showed it pretty well.

"I see, I see...Racing, you say?"

He was pretty sure there was a racing in there.

"Yes, my family has raced thoroughbreds for several generations," said Dani. "I took over for my father when he had some legal problems. And once he got the charges against him dropped, he decided to take it back and left me empty-handed."

Well, not completely empty-handed, as he gave Dani a very generous cash settlement, but she was still rather bitter over losing Davis Farms.

Nod. Nod. Give a small sound of acknowledgment. Make it seem like you were listening, Minsc, while you try to figure this out.

"Uh-huh. I see. Is that why you bought this place?"

"That's right. It seemed like a good investment and a way to start over outside of the racing world," said Dani.

Or, in other words, she was banned by the racing board and needed something that looked good on her resume for when she reapplied to get her racing license back.

"Well, I wish you luck, then, Lady Dani!" said Minsc. "I used to know the previous owner of this place, so I hope you keep it well!"

Minsc wasn't sure if that was a warning, or if he just said that to get a still better feel for how he felt about the fact that he used to know the previous owner and this was not her.

Shut up, he had letting-go issues, okay?

"Really? Well, I can promise that I'll take very good care of this place and the horses," said Dani, smiling. "I'm not accustomed to failing at what I set out to do."

Minsc nodded solemnly, thinking that it was damn right, you better not be, little lady.

"Excellent. Good! I shall have to maybe stop in and see how the horses will be getting on, then."

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